Rapid, precise and accurate Os isotope ratio measurements of nanogram to sub-nanogram amounts using multiple Faraday collectors and amplifiers equipped with 1012 Ω resistors by N-TIMS

Chemical Geology

Volumn 363, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-311

  Liu, Jingao ^a   Pearson, D Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faraday cups; N TIMS; Osmium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GEOLOGY; ION BEAMS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESISTORS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FARADAY CUPS; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OSMIUM ISOTOPES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EXTRACTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE;

EID: 84889640391     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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